If you haven’t heard by now, this will shock you.
Republican Congressman Todd Akin claimed this weekend that victims of "legitimate rape" don’t get pregnant, because, "If it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down."
In the 112th Congress, Akin sits on the House Science Committee. That’s right, this is the man that Speaker Boehner and the Republican party have chosen to lead our nation’s science policy. We must stand against the Republicans’ continued utter disregard and disrespect for women.
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During the past year, Akin has joined Vice Presidential candidate Paul Ryan and the House Republican majority in co-sponsoring bills to re-define rape, defund Planned Parenthood, and pass a Federal 'Personhood' Amendment.
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We’re in this together,
Nancy